l-andrée

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  1. Charting Bloopers

    l-andrée replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Absolutely hilarious! I'm laughing like crazy in

  2. Nurses and their sense of humour

    l-andrée replied to Patience911's topic in General Nursing

    I think the fact that we see some incredible things (we do, don't we?!), that must affect the way we see life... and laughs. I think I can laugh now about things I would not have found funny before...

  3. Chemical code vs full code

    l-andrée replied to grnvillechick's topic in General Nursing

    My point exactly!!! Sometimes it seems it's just an excuse for not getting a DNR. "Chemical code", we call that "simili

  4. Lethal injection nurse???

    l-andrée replied to Zhakrin's topic in General Nursing

    Tricky subject... I'm surprised at the reactions... I would never be able to do it personally. Even if I think for some really really extreme cases dead could be a sentence. I understand the "logic"...

  5. The Patient you will NEVER forget...

    l-andrée replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nice thread... Mr. M. had a devastating case of strepto infection. He had numerous surgeries. At the end, all the flesh and muscles from his bottocks and a good part of his thighs was remove, his...

  6. Was anyone ever a floor nurse?

    l-andrée replied to askater11's topic in MICU, SICU

    ICU (whatever the speciality) is a great place to work. Even when we are short-staff, there is always someone to help, partly because of the nurse-patient ratio. There's usually someone with less...

  7. Funny Names for Nurses

    l-andrée replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of our trauma surgeon doctor is named Dr. Panic (and he is really well named!!!) We also had a resident called Dr. Gougou (pronounce Googoo, like the rock band the Googoo doll's). One day a nurse...

  8. Anyone allowed to nap on their breaks?

    l-andrée replied to dawngloves's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work night shifts and it's largely admitted that those who wants to sleep can do so during their break time. Our chief-nurse has even bought two Lay-Z-Boys for our staff room, paid with money from...

  9. Why did you go into nursing....

    l-andrée replied to nurshathaway's topic in General Nursing

    How refreshing! I've been an ICU nurse for eight years now and it seem to be harder and harder to find good reasons to stay in this profession even with the best intentions. With all the negativity...